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Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief to join NATO-Ukraine Council session, reporting on combat situation

Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 13:01
Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief to join NATO-Ukraine Council session, reporting on combat situation
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Photo: Zaluzhnyi on Telegram

Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, will take part in the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council to be attended by the Alliance’s armed forces commanders, where he will discuss the current situation on the battlefield. 

Source: European Pravda 

Details: The meeting will take place on 17 January in Brussels. Zaluzhnyi will join the meeting via video conference.

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Quote from Admiral Rob Bauer, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, at the opening of the two-day meeting of the military commanders of the Alliance countries: "In today's final session – the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in the format of the Chiefs of Defence – we will hear an update from our Ukrainian partners and discuss the current situation, reaffirming our continued support for Ukraine."

Details: Bauer reiterated that it was the 693rd day of what Russia considered a three-day war. 

"Ukraine will have our support every single day, because the outcome of this war will determine the fate of the world," the admiral assured. 

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Opening the meeting on Wednesday, Bauer called for a transformation of the Alliance's combat capability in an era of unpredictability in which "anything can happen". 

Background

Earlier, Grant Shapps, UK Defence Secretary, announced in a speech on 16 January the beginning of a new era for humanity – the era of the pre-war world.

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